Ha Noi (VNA) – The Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) will launch a 53,000 tonne-capacity vessel, the largest ever built in Viet Nam, in northern coastal Quang Ninh province on April 6.
After years of meager shipbuilding budgets, the Navy promises to go on a spending spree, buying 51 ships over the next five years. Annual ship construction funding would roughly double, jumping from $8.7 billion next year to $17.4 billion in 2011.
Kuwait & Gulf Link Transport Company (KGL) of Kuwait have awarded Damen the shipbuilding contract to construct and deliver a 52 meter Wave Piercing Catamaran.
The FBI has failed to rank U.S. seaports based on the likelihood of terrorist attacks, nor does it always use that basis when assigning agents who specialize in maritime security, according to a Justice Department report.
The New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) has recorded a marginal rise in traffic handling during 2005-06. The port has handled 34.45 million tonnes during the year as against 33.89 million tonnes handled during the previous year, a growth of 1.65 per cent, P Tamilvanan, chairman of NMPT said.
A welded aluminium hull, compared to fibreglass for example, will yield a more durable craft that will be easy to customise to requirements. This can be done simply and quickly. It also applies to repairs and retrofits to meet changing operation requirements.
Kjell Inge Roekke-controlled Aker Yards has decided that the group will not make a bid for the former Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, but will continue its cooperation with the Polish yard.
It will be a career shift from breakers to builders. Hounded by declining business opportunities at the world’s largest shipbreaking yard, cut-throat competition from Bangladesh and Pakistani and pressure from environmental groups, Alang’s shipbreakers are now eyeing the shipbuilding trade.
South Korean shipbuilders said they received orders for 22 vessels worth 1.81 trillion won, or US$1.9 billion (US$1 = RM3.68), as ship owners renew fleets to meet tougher safety rules and increasing demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG).
The United States on Monday confirmed that two Iranian navy ships had visited Indian ports last month, but played down the contact as the Bush administration struggles to win congressional approval for a landmark U.S.-India civilian nuclear energy deal.
The New South Wales coroner has asked national health authorities to consider the issues raised by the death of a Sydney man who probably contracted meningococcal disease on a Pacific cruise ship.
The final death toll in the incident of the sinking of “al-Dana” tourist ship off the coast of Bahrain has been determined to be 58, announced the Interior ministry here on Monday.
Western Bay tourist operators and retailers can look forward to an even bigger cruise ship season next summer _ with the superliners set to make more than 30 visits to the port.
The New World Alliance (TNWA) today announced improvements to its Trans-Pacific U.S. West Coast services to further broaden global coverage and service frequency.
